Hygienic cuspidor



S. GJTLITZ.

HYGIENIC. CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATIQNFILED MAR. 30. 1920.

1,361,712. Patented Dec. 7,1920.

[nae/2107 CHI 50/02/2022 697/172 47 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON GITLITZ, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

HYGIENIC GUSPIDOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON GrrLrrz, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, res ding at Montreal, Province of Quebec,

- Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HygienicCuspidors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to cuspidors and has for its object theprovision of a device which offers most convenient and effective meansfor disclosing said cuspidor when use of same is required, and which maybe advantageously utilized as an ornamental piece of furniture.

With the above and other objects in view which will hereinafter appearas the description continues, the invention consists of the novelfeatures of construction, combination and formation of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended clalm.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown a simple and preferred formof the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation isnecessarily made to the precise structural details herein exhibited, butthe right is hereby reserved to any changes, alterations ormodifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope ofthe claim without departing from the spirit of the invention orsacrificing the efiiciency of the same.

In the said drawings herewith submitted:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as 1t stands when allcommunication or recourse to the cuspidor therein inclosed iseliminated;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation in part section showing the interior of saiddevice and more particularly the mechanism for operating the lidcovering the cuspidor;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation in full section showing the interior of thedevice as well as the position of said mechanism when the lid has beenopened thereby;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation in section through line A-B of Fig. 3, withlid opened; and,

I Fig. 5 illustrates one form of the cuspidor which may be used andconcealed within said device.

Referring now more particularly tothe ac- Specification of LettersPatent. Pate ted D 7 1920 Application filed March so, 1920.

Serial N0; 369,901.

2. A top portion 3 of said container, in-.

separable therefrom, provides for the adjusting of hinges 4, to which alid 5 is pivotally connected. The top rigid portion 3 further providesfor the adjusting therewith of a hollow post 6 within which a slightlyinclined operating lever 7 slidably mounted within a sleeve 8, ispivotally disposed. The lower end 9 of said operating lever rests bygravity on another lever 10 fixedly connected to the pivoting lid 5, thehinges 4 serving as a fulcrum to said lever 10. This lever 10 has theextremity of its power arm formed with a laterally projecting portion11, of which the interior profile, upon which rests the end 9 of theoperating lever 7, is so configurated according to a curve, that itaffords constant and effective traveling contact for said end 9 ofoperating lever 7. Furthermore, said portion 11 of the lever 10 is soconstructed and so taken care of in its dimen-.

portion 11 is such that it is practically impossible to close the lid 5without relieving the operating lever from the operating position thusassumed, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

A cuspidor 12, adapted for location within the container 1, may beremoved therefrom, either through the top when the lid is open, orthrough the side 13; in this case,

the vertical partition 13 is made to be removable or hinged on thebottom of the container or receptacle 1.

The germicide ordisinfecting agents 15, in the accompanying drawings,shown adjusted to the lid 10, are otherwise adapted for locationanywhere within the container 1. The lateral partitions forming saidcontainer are further provided with ventilating holes 16.

Operatively, the device herein described, being of ordinary hip height,or of any other required height, all that is re uired when the use ofthe inclosed cuspi or is necessitated, is to apply with thehand, or

applying to the operating lever retaining the open position of the lid,ward pressure.

It will be noted in Fig. 3 of the drawing that the rounded end of thelever 9 engages the rounded'end of the extension at the terminalthereof, when the lever 7 is in its lowermost position. This obviouslycauses a slight upa binding engagement between the levers 7 and 10 andlocks the cover'in raised position, shown in the drawing.

The present device embodying my invention may be designed andconstructed in form to suit the configuration and form of any cuspidorfor which'an artistic and sanitary concealment is required.

7 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is nThencombination with a cuspidor,of a container for receiving the latter, a pivoted closure for saidcontainer, a lever secured to the lower side of the closure andextending beyond the rear end thereof, said lever having an upwardlycurved extension provided thereon, said extension having a rounded end,a vertically movable lever having a rounded'end adapted to engage thecurved portion of the extension and by downward pressure upon said leverraise the closure, said lever in its lowermost position engagingtherounded end of the extension and locking the closure in raised position,

substantially as and-"for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. i

soLoMoN GITLITZ.

